Russ Peterson wrote:
<<I guess all I'm asking for is equal protection under the constitution.>>
I don’t think the 14th amendment has as yet been interpreted to protect
precocious kids. (Republican presidential candiates, on the other hand...)
It may be small consolation but this is a very old debate, and it’s not going
to be resolved with accounting in the manner Mr. Peterson requests nor the
organizational bomfog of school people.
In a way he is right: it is simply electrons on a chatode ray tude. But
there is always going to be a competition for school resources. Advocates for
gifted and talented kids always have disproportionate financial and political
resources. The challenge to school people, like Catherine, is to balance
it...to make sure parents of G& T students are (with justification) happy
with their children’s experience while protecting kids who have little
advocacy going for them.
Political decisions are never perfect, and Minneapolis G & T plan is
political. But if you just give the Minneapolis schools a try, work with
teachers and staff and continue to enrich your kid's life, there’s no place
better for most children.
Dennis Schapiro
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